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Sergio Pena Returns to VIR as K&N Pro Series East Defending Winner

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Sergio Pena at 9 pm ET on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Photo - Getty Images
Sergio Pena at 9 pm ET on Thursday, April 28, 2016.
Photo – Getty Images

Sergio Pena is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 9 pm ET.  Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East teams return to VIRginia International Raceway this weekend for the Biscuitville 125 with some road course racing that will add some interest to their championship point standings. Intending to defend his victory last August with Rev Racing at the 17-turn, 2.250-mile track is Sergio Pena, this year with Sam Hunt Racing and making his K&N East 2016 season debut.

In three K&N East races at VIR, there have been three different winners and NASCAR Next Alum, Pena wants to become the first to earn a repeat victory at what he considers his home track. From Winchester, Virginia, 23-year-old Pena is one of two drivers calling Virginia their home state – the other driver is Brian Henderson.

In Pena’s two starts at VIR, he finished fourth in 2014 and first in August of 2015. In 59 series starts, Pena has earned five wins, ten top-fives and 28 top-tens and will be a formidable contender this weekend. Continue reading →

Justin Haley Looks to Continue Strong Start of 2016 Season at VIR

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Justin Haley at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, April 28 2016 Photo - JJHR
Justin Haley at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, April 28 2016 Photo – JJHR

Justin Haley is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

As the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East heads to VIRginia International Raceway for Saturday afternoon’s Biscuitville 125, Justin Haley looks to continue his strong start to the 2016 season. Haley earned his first career victory in March when he led 28 laps en route to victory at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

Haley’s streak of four top-ten finishes to start the season in the No. 5 Braun Auto Chevrolet has him second in the championship standings, a mere three points behind series leader Kyle Benjamin.

Last season in his VIR debut, Haley qualified third and finished fifth. The Indiana native led six laps in the race and earned a top-five result in a wild ending that required two attempts at a green-white-checkered finish. Continue reading →

Talladega’s a Special Place for Ford and the Wood Brothers

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Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 1, 2015 Photo - Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 1, 2015
Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

Ford Motor Company in general, and the Wood Brothers in particular, have had some glorious Sunday afternoons at Talladega Superspeedway through the years.

In the early years of the track that opened in 1969, the Wood Brothers won five races from the spring of 1971, when Donnie Allison drove the iconic No. 21 to victory at his home track, until the fall of 1979, when another Alabama driver, the late Neil Bonnett, scored the victory.

In between were three consecutive wins in the spring race by David Pearson, from 1972-1974. Continue reading →

Amelia Ready for Return to ‘Dega with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, called 'Amelia,' celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Can-Am Duels at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2016 Photo - Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, called ‘Amelia,’ celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Can-Am Duels at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2016
Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

The superspeedways are where Amelia is at her best for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr and he loves racing this No. 88 chassis for Hendrick Motorsports. But Junior was willing to go with whatever decision he crew chief, Greg Ives made and this week, and the question on the minds of Earnhardt fans, received an answer on Monday.

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